"General Longbar said that the work ship was actually a small arms factory. We've already started moving the equipment into the city. It's on the sixteenth level now. Once we finish calibrating it, we'll be able to produce Hornet missiles and small phase cannons. There are also two magnetic rolling mills aboard, which can press replacement composite armor for small warships. With a little polishing, it can be used for mech and tank armor plates, too."
Simon was overjoyed at the news.
"There's also a gravity restraint device. If we pair it with the mining robots the Marauders left behind, we can refine the firestone from Mine 4 and produce Gravel Dragon mines in large quantities."
Talk about a double blessing! Simon marveled.
The so-called Gravel Dragon mine was a reactive mine designed on a flash of inspiration by a quick-witted Sandfolk sergeant from the New Jade Gate militia. Its advantages were its small size, high power, low cost, and ease of mass production. It was also very difficult to detect.
That was because its main warhead was a crystal bomb designed by the ubiquitous, omnipotent Boss Yu Lian. Yes, the very same crystal bomb he had taught everyone to make during the War God Festival, in a broadcast to the entire universe.
Later, the Sandfolk lad, who had a real knack for designing weapons with whatever was at hand, discovered that the unstable crystal bomb could be wrapped in a bio-battery, keeping it stable for at least seventy-two hours before it was triggered and detonated.
It just went to show that once working people took the initiative, the world they could open up might be greater and broader than even that of the people who inspired them.
As everyone knew, Marshal Li Yuange had originally been the first strategic